RE: Re: Fox Trotting Arab

["Tamara Putman" <nis75p06@mindspring.com>]

This works for my gaited Arab.  Just sit back like the saddleseat riders do,
get your hands up with some contact and let him come up under you. This
horse rides in a rubber dog-bone bit, but does gait better when in an
elevator bit, probably do to the curb action.

-Tamara

-----Original Message-----
From: maggie [mailto:maggisar@bright.net]
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 7:02 PM
To: dmchapek@hotmail.com; ridecamp@endurance.net; Liz Newfield
Subject: RC: Re: Fox Trotting Arab



> I have an arabian that fox trots when he gets very excited.  I would love
> to learn how to ask him to do it when he is not half way out of his mind.
> I's sure like some hints as well.

If foxtrotting is anything like racking, sit back and deep in your saddle
with your feet a little forward, tighten your reins so that you are in his
mouth a little and hold your hands so that he raises his head and hollows
his back. This is supposed to encourage him to get his back end under him
and his front end up free to move.

Good luck!
Maggie Fleming
Under a Shooting Star Farm


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